Pincushion



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PINOUSHION.

(No Model.)

No. 406,340. Patented July 2, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM 0. DAY, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

PINCUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,340, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed October 10, 1887. Renewed May 16, 1889. Serial No. 311,008. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM 0. DAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seneca Falls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pincushions, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce an inexpensive and durable article for office use, and relates to that form of pincushion in which a band surrounds the cushion or pad.

My improvement consists in the peculiar construction of such pincushions, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters represent corresponding parts in the several figures.

Figure I is a perspective View of my improved pincushion provided with a seamless band. Fig. II is an axial section thereof, the parts being separated. Fig. III is a similar section, the parts being secured together. Fig. IV is a detail showinga joint or seam for a band.

1 is a cylinder or body, and 2 the base, havin g a rabbet 3, forming a seat for the cylinder in the base and providing a cup, preferably of wood, containing a filling 4 of sawdust or hair. Over the filling and surrounding the cylinder, and secured to the latter by adhesive material 5, I place a c0ver6 of woven ma terial, forming, with the filling, a pad into which pins or needles can be readily thrust and withdrawn. For holding the cover down and to add to the substantial appearance of the cushion I employ a band 7, having a flange 8, limiting the insertion of the cup within the band. The band is flush with the bottom of the base.

In Figs. I, II, and III, I show a seamless band. In Fig. IV I show aband with a seam or joint consisting of an end formed with a lap 9, having a fold 10, and the other end formed with a lap 11, one lap being turned inward and the other lap being turned outward, so as to engage'or interlock, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a pincushion, the combination of a cup having a base 2 and a body 1, the filling 4, a cover 6 to the body, and the band 7, having the flange 8, substantially as described.

2. In a pincushion, the combination of a cup having a base 2, formed with a rabbet'3, and a cylinder 1, seated on the base, the fill- I ing 4, a cover 6, and the band 7, having the 60 flange S, substantially as described.

WVILLIAM 0. DAY.

Witnesses:

JOSIAH T. MILLER, NORMAN H. BECKER. 

